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Test 11 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies

Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol." What's the kind and fair reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, she, kind reply · What happens: not be, lie, buy, be

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Your mate: "she's not ill, she's just lying cos no one bought tickets lol."

nmod:possnsubj:outerpunctpunctnsubjcopadvmodpunctnsubjauxadvmodconjcasedetoblamodnmoddiscoursepunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTshePRON'sAUXnotPARTillADJ,PUNCTshePRON'sAUXjustADVlyingVERBcosSCONJnoDEToneNOUNboughtVERBticketsNOUNlolINTJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing8 illnsubj:outer
3::PUNCT_8 illpunct
4""PUNCT_8 illpunct
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 illnsubj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 illcop
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 illadvmod
8illillADJDegree=Posrootroot
9,,PUNCT_13 lyingpunct
10sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 lyingnsubj
11'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 lyingaux
12justjustADV_13 lyingadvmod
13lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 illconj
14coscosSCONJ_16 onecase
15nonoDETPronType=Neg16 onedet
16oneoneNOUNNumber=Sing13 lyingobl
17boughtbuyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 ticketsamod
18ticketsticketNOUNNumber=Plur16 onenmod
19lollolINTJ_13 lyingdiscourse
20..PUNCT_8 illpunct
21""PUNCT_8 illpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is in a quotepresentYour mateill propertytree rules
2lie in a quotepresent · progressiveshecos no one bought ticketsvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3buy in a quoteparticiplevn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What's the kind and fair reply?

copdetamodccconjnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETkindADJandCCONJfairADJreplyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 replydet
4kindkindADJDegree=Pos7 replyamod
5andandCCONJ_6 faircc
6fairfairADJDegree=Pos4 kindconj
7replyreplyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
8??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe kind replytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She deserves it for cancelling

nsubjobjcaseoblrootShePRONdeservesVERBitPRONforADPcancellingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 deservesnsubj
2deservesdeserveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 deservesobj
4forforADP_5 cancellingcase
5cancellingcancellingNOUNNumber=Sing2 deservesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1deservepresentSheitfor cancellingtree rules

Option 2

You're right, singers always lie about that

nsubjcoppunctnsubjadvmodconjcaseoblrootYouPRON'reAUXrightADJ,PUNCTsingersNOUNalwaysADVlieVERBaboutADPthatPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 liepunct
5singerssingerNOUNNumber=Plur7 liensubj
6alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot7 lieadvmod
7lielieVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
8aboutaboutADP_9 thatcase
9thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 lieobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentYouright propertytree rules
2liepresentsingersabout that; always propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about that=Location

Option 3

Let's post that on her page

objxcompobjcasenmod:possoblrootLetVERB'sPRONpostVERBthatPRONonADPherPRONpageNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LetletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2'swePRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs1 Letobj
3postpostVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Letxcomp
4thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 postobj
5ononADP_7 pagecase
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 pagenmod:poss
7pagepageNOUNNumber=Sing3 postobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1letimperativeyou not said here'stree rules
2postinfinitive's not said herethather pagevn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
3pageher = shenom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She said she's ill; don't swap it for a meaner guess

nsubjnsubjcopccomppunctauxadvmodparataxisobjcasedetamodoblrootShePRONsaidVERBshePRON'sAUXillADJ;PUNCTdoAUXn'tPARTswapVERBitPRONforADPaDETmeanerADJguessNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 saidnsubj
2saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 illnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 illcop
5illillADJDegree=Pos2 saidccomp
6;;PUNCT_9 swappunct
7dodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 swapaux
8n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 swapadvmod
9swapswapVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 saidparataxis
10ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 swapobj
11forforADP_14 guesscase
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 guessdet
13meanermeanADJDegree=Cmp14 guessamod
14guessguessNOUNNumber=Sing9 swapobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastShevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2ispresentsheill propertytree rules
3not swapinfinitive · do-supportitfor a meaner guessvn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme for guess=Co-Theme

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